Table 4.
Prevalence of overweight/obesity according to dietary characteristics of under-five children in India (n = 176,255).
| Characteristics | Overweight/Obese Children (Row %) | Normal Children (Row %) |
Pearson’s χ2 Value | p-Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dietary characteristics of children | ||||
| Food items eaten | ||||
| Milk or curd | 59.9 | <0.001 | ||
| Never/rarely | 2.1 | 97.9 | ||
| Daily | 3.1 | 96.9 | ||
| Weekly | 2.5 | 97.5 | ||
| Pulses or beans | 28.7 | <0.001 | ||
| Never/rarely | 2.8 | 97.2 | ||
| Daily | 2.8 | 97.2 | ||
| Weekly | 2.4 | 97.6 | ||
| Dark-green leafy vegetables | 72.0 | <0.001 | ||
| Never/rarely | 2.1 | 98.0 | ||
| Daily | 3.0 | 97.1 | ||
| Weekly | 2.4 | 97.6 | ||
| Fruits | 85.3 | <0.001 | ||
| Never/rarely | 2.4 | 97.7 | ||
| Daily | 3.6 | 96.4 | ||
| Weekly | 2.8 | 97.2 | ||
| Eggs | 76.8 | <0.001 | ||
| Never/rarely | 2.4 | 97.6 | ||
| Daily | 3.5 | 96.5 | ||
| Weekly | 2.8 | 97.2 | ||
| Fish | 42.1 | <0.001 | ||
| Never/rarely | 2.4 | 97.6 | ||
| Daily | 3.3 | 96.7 | ||
| Weekly | 3.0 | 97.0 | ||
| Chicken or meat | 57.6 | <0.001 | ||
| Never/rarely | 2.5 | 97.5 | ||
| Daily | 3.6 | 96.4 | ||
| Weekly | 2.9 | 97.1 | ||
| Fried food | 29.6 | <0.001 | ||
| Never/rarely | 2.5 | 97.5 | ||
| Daily | 3.3 | 96.7 | ||
| Weekly | 2.6 | 97.4 | ||
| Aerated drinks | 17.0 | <0.001 | ||
| Never/rarely | 2.5 | 97.5 | ||
| Daily | 3.6 | 96.4 | ||
| Weekly | 2.8 | 97.3 |
Note: Data from NFHS-4, India, 2015–2016. Percentages were computed by applying sample weights.